Friday, September 22, 2006
Pregnant Women Support Act Introduced
Relevant to John McGreevy's question, "Can Catholics and other people of goodwill agree to make abortions rare, and mean it?", the Pregnant Women Support Act was introduced in the House on Wednesday, co-sponsored by 23 Democrats and one Republican. I've blogged about it before here, asking whether Republicans will support this effort to reduce abortions while helping women in difficult circumstances. An encouraging sign is that Americans United for Life and the National Association of Evangelicals have joined the USCCB and others in endorsing the bill. The Democrats for Life website also includes a story on the differences between this and the other Democratic abortion-reduction bill: this one concentrates on supporting pregnant women and avoids the disputed issue of contraception funding (although a number of House members support both). If I may reiterate my earlier question, can any pro-life person (and anyone, pro-choice or pro-life, who wants to reduce abortions) fail to support this bill?
Tom
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2006/09/pregnant_women_.html